In Mumbai Ganesh Utsav is celebrated with lots of zest and enthusiasm. Mumbai gets immersed in the celebration of this religious festival. Lord Ganesh is the favorite deity of all the people irrespective of caste creed or class of the devotees. The great thing about this festival is that Mumbai is awake during all the ten days of this festival. People of all ages visit the distant places like Lalbag, which is the hub of many Ganesh Utsav celebrations. Devotees are standing in long Que’s for getting blessings of Shri Ganesha. The Utsav is celebrated by bringing Ganesh idols of different sizes and shapes, but one thing we can say is that they are incredibly beautiful. Nature wise the festival is enjoyed as a family festival as well as by different social groups normally called Ganesh mandals. These mandals decorate the huge Ganesh idols beautifully. A supporting decoration in the form of a scene from historical or religious incidence is presented near the Ganesh idol. Every area is having many such mandal’s which celebrate the festival with lots of devotion and love for the deity. From the many Ganesh idols in a particular region one idol is honored with the title King of that area e.g “Lalbag cha Raja” is a honor given to a Ganesh idol in the Lalbag region.

Likewise during current years Ganesh Utsav 2012, “Andhericha Raja” Contest was held and sponsored by “Magic Holidays” who are popular for offering a great travel package of pay once and enjoy holiday at worldwide destination for a period of 25 years. More precisely it was a Home Decoration contest held during Ganesh Mahotsav. The event leaders went to some of the selected societies in Andheri area and took snaps of Ganesha decorations, along with the general details of the family in which the Ganesha idol was established. Afterwards one of the decorations will be finally selected by their panel of judges and the winner will be informed to come and collect his surprise gift. This contest is held to encourage the residents for making more and more attractive decorations every year. At the same time the hosts can have a better interaction with the residents.

From the total photos taken some selected photos of Ganesh idols will be uploaded on Magic holiday’s face book fan page profile. You can visit at https://www.facebook.com/MagicHolidays to watch out these photos and hit like to vote your opinion. Those photos which are getting maximum likes will be availed free direct voucher of 2N/3D holiday package sponsored by Magic Holidays. The easy clue to win this contest is by trying to get more likes to your Ganesh photo. This can be easily done by sending a short SMS to maximum number of your relatives and known people for visiting Magic holidays face book fan page profile and give a like to photo of your Ganesh idol. The more people you inform chances of getting likes will be increased and ultimately your chances of winning the incredible Magic Holiday’s 2N/3D package will be more.